Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Revisiting Old Friends

I recently purchased five additional albums to make my bookplates more easily accessible. In getting everything organized I discovered bookplates I had forgotten about and in some instances I didn't even know they were in my collection.
Here are some of the most interesting bookplates I found.

The bookplate for TNP was designed by L.S in 1913. The owner and the artist are unknown to me. Let's call this mystery plate #1.The brayer would indicate that the owner was involved in graphic arts. Does anyone out there recognize the plate ?
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10/2/2016Fellow Collector Richard Schimmelpfeng just srnt the following information: I found a reference in Gutenberg Museum Katalog, G41,749 for a
monogram plate by Joakim Skovgaard (1856-1933), Denmark. for NPT 1913.
Initials over a printer's ball, ie ink ball. Measures 58x50 mm. Found in
either black and white, or colored.
Usually the monogram would have the main initial larger than others,
so, I thnk this may match your plate, even though the LS doesn't.

In three separate albums I found these bookplates by Francis Lee Jacques.

Here is some biographical information about the artist.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Francis Lee Jaques (1887-1969) was an American wildlife painter.

Francis Lee Jaques hunted and trapped with his father and connected with editors and writers from major hunting magazines. While still a teenager, Lee paid ten dollars to buy a taxidermy shop in Aitkin, Minnesota. He toughed out a few winters scarcely earning enough money to survive and bartering paintings to pay for services. He alternated railroad work in northern Minnesota and taxidermy in Aitkin to make ends meet.

In 1918 Jaques was drafted into the army. During his six-month stay in St. Emilione, France he recorded his surroundings in several small pencil drawings and watercolor paintings. He came home with a rank of Private First Class and returned to Duluth, Minnesota. There he met Clarence C. Rosenkranz, an artist of the impressionist style, who helped him mix color and express his feelings through art.

In 1924, Jaques sent some of his paintings to the American Museum of Natural Historyin New York City. His talent was recognized and he was invited to join the museum's team as a background painter. The team traveled around the world gathering exhibit specimens. Jaques recorded his experiences throughout.

Jaques was almost 40 years old when he met Florence Page, a friend of his landlord. She was a budding writer just out of a prestigious school in the East, but was originally from Decatur, Illinois. Jaques and Florence found common ground in nature and developed a friendship. They were married in 1927.

Frances Lee Jaques died July 24, 1969 at the age of 81. His wife, Florence Page Jaques, died January 1, 1972 at 82 years of age."

Note from Lew- If you have any bookplates in your collection designed

by Francis Lee Jacques please send me a scan and your images will be

added to this posting.

Ropes End sounds like the title of a mystery novel. I'm guessing Mr .Richardson was a reporter or a mystery writer. I came up with this information while searching Google. "The Los Angeles Examiner paper was from 1903 to 1962 when it then became the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. In the 1940s city editor James H. Richardson encouraged and promoted his reporters to bring to light the scandals and crime in Hollywood."
Let's call this mystery bookplate #2 until I verify with certainty who the owner was.
You input would be appreciated.

This charming bookplate was used in the 1920s or 30s. at P.S. 46 in the Bronx.
The school is still open so I wrote to the principal to see if they have any records indicating who the artist CAB was.

This is a home made bookplate made by Bros(?). and is high on my list of favorites.

Here is another home made bookplate

I'll be posting more of the bookplates I unearthed later in the week.

Two Bookplate Exhibits

Major bookplate exhibits are infrequent . Two exhibits in one month are unprecedented The first exhibit is at the Rosenbach Library here in Philadelphia.

Bookplates and Book Collectors from 1480 to the Present

On Display: Wed, 09/21/2016 - Sun, 01/15/2017

Presenting beautiful and curious specimens from five centuries of book ownership, from a 15th-century coat of arms to engravings inspired by Romantic artists, The Art of Ownership delves into the stories of these bookplates.